I wanted to list a couple things that I believe illustrate the faithfulness of the God I’ve chosen to serve in Paraguay. Some are big, some are small, all are great.
A few Sundays ago, I was looking and looking for a pick for my guitar. I was almost late for the morning service, and I had no picks. I know I have a dozen in my house but couldn’t find the first one. I said to Jesus, “Lord, I only need one pick.” I couldn’t find one, but I checked my wallet just in case. Nothing except an expired credit card. So I got creative and made myself two pics from my credit card. When I put my pants on to leave, I found in my pocket two of my picks. I laughed and thanked God because when I only wanted one, I now had four.
The week of my birthday, I told my kids I couldn’t put stickers in their books every time because I would run out soon. Less than an hour later, I got a package from some friends back home with over 1000 stickers.
My cousin Becky is getting married in April, and I wanted to go. I didn’t know how I would get there, nor did I know what I would do with my classes. Karen’s sister is coming down in April. She’s a teacher, and she said she would take my classes. One problem down, one to go. I found cheap tickets, but I still didn’t have money. I prayed that God would send me the money somehow, and everyone believed with me that I would go. When I did my taxes, I ended up having more than enough to go. Incidentally, I also got a very large set of donations the day I bought my ticket. Not only did God allow me to use my tax money to go, He also provided me nearly all of it back in my missionary account.
On Friday I was getting discouraged in school. Some of the grades are forgetting that I am supposed to be in charge, and I am struggling with handling it the right way (another discussion for another post maybe). Before my last class of the day, which is usually the most frustrating, I said to God, “Lord, I need a good day soon or I might forget why I want to do this.” That afternoon we had a very lovely class where all of the kids worked really well and we all showed a lot of love one to another. On my way home, I thanked God for responding so quickly.
Just a few examples of many. I hope you are encouraged by them.
-j
ps> There are some new pics in my flickr stream.
I'm Jason, and I like to write.
It’s so good to keep a record of these answered prayers and God’s faithfulness. Thanks for sharing. For some reason I can check your blog now with no errors. Not sure why, but I’m thankful! Have a great day! Lilly